Cowboys' offense can't catch breaks

Jean-Jacques Taylor joined ESPNDallas.com in August 2011. A native of Dallas, Taylor spent the past 20 years writing for The Dallas Morning News, where he covered high schools sports, the Texas Rangers and spent 11 seasons covering the Dallas Cowboys before becoming a general columnist in 2006.

"When I realized it was just me and him, I tried to fight him off -- box him out essentially," Frampton said. "I was trying to get in front of him, but I couldn't. I dove for the ball, but it wound up sitting up under his legs. He just reached around and picked it up.

"I wish I could've done something more to try to get that ball, but that's the way it bounces."

Graham's fumble recovery at the Dallas 2 set up Garrett Hartley's game-winning 20-yard field goal in overtime as the Saints slipped past the Cowboys 34-31.

Your Cowboys, though, still control whether they get into the playoffs.

This is a unit held together by scotch tape and bobby pins. It's doing the best it can.

We all knew the Saints' offense would dominate the Cowboys' defense. For Dallas to win, its offense needed to play well.

It didn't.

The Cowboys kept the ball for just 22:28 because they converted just two of 10 third downs.

Dez Bryant caught a career-high nine passes for 224 yards and Tony Romo passed for 416 yards, but if you watched the game then it's pretty clear how inconsistently Dallas played on offense against one of the NFL's worst units.